Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-01-11
MORE DYNAMITE.
Another Explosion Caused by Street Car
Strikers.

Is. f. all lUtn.l
The travel on both the Sutter-street and
Yesterday. The day was pleasant, and
large number of people visited the park
and cemeteries. In the afternoon it became
necessary to put several extra cars on both
lines in order to accommodate the crowds
on their return. Although the police did
not ride on the cars, the lines were closely
guarded, officers being on duty in almost
every block. During the day, small squads
of strikers wendell their way along the
lines toward the western portion of the
city, as has been their custom for several
days past. The police report that shortly
after noon-time some five or six of these
little bands of strikers were seen on Geary
street between the company's building at
Buchanan street and the Central avenue
terminus.
The principal event of the afternoon was
an explosion on the Geary-street road. near
the crossing of Scott street. 1t appears,
from what could be learned of the affair,
that dummy and car IA were proceeding
westward and bad reached Scott street
about 1:30 o'clock Shortly after passing
Pierce street nearly all the passengers had
left the dummy, and when little past the
Hamilton-square Grammar School a loud
explosion was heard and cloud of brown
smoke rose high in the air. The rear por-
ton of the dummy was badly shattered,
the heavy oaken side being split. the seats
at one corner wrenched loose and other por
tons of the woodwork damaged.
A large crowd, including a number of
strikers, gathered about the dummy and
Sergeant Witham ordered several officers to
disperse them. An examination of the in
jured dummy gives rise to the theory that
some person had occupied one of the rear
seats behind the gripman and facing the
car and just prior to getting oft had igpited
the fuse of a small dynamite cartridge and
| thrown it on the floor of the dummy under
the corner seat. Fortunately none of the
passengers on the dummy at the time were
injured. The shattered condition of the
woodwork indicates that the explosive was
placed between the floor and seat of the
dummy.
During the afternoon a slight fracas &C.
CURED at the ferry terminus of the Suffer-
street between a starter named Pratt in the
employ of the road and a young man
named Gillian, employed as driver on the
FoisOm-street line. Gillian was arrested
and taken to the North Harbor Station,
where a charge of battery was preferred
against him. When arrested he gave the
name of James Smith.
The cartridge explosions, which proved
such fruitless source of terror and annoy
ance on the previous evening, were, with
one exception, absent last night. The ex-
plosion in question occurred between Stock
ton and Powell streets on the Sutter-street
line about p. NJ, and created a very loud
report. There were quite number of
passengers on board the car, the majority
of whom were very much startled. Officer
f. Smith, who was on the car, restored the
equanimity of the travellers and the car pro-
ceeded in peace.
AT about 1920 P. NJ. an attempt was made
to wreck a train going west on Suffer
street. Officer Bixby, whose beat is be-
tween Van Ness avenue and Franklin
street, was pursuing the even tenor of his
way up the street when, at the corner
of Cough street he heard man further
along the street directing two little boys to
roll barrel of mortar onto the track.
They had already succeeded in pushing the
barrel half way across the street, but on
seeing the officer approaching, both the
man and boys hid themselves in a new
building which is being erected between
Franklin and Cough streets, from which
concealment the officer was unable to dis
lodge them. This san e locality was the
scene of a similarly unsuccessful attempt
to wreck train on the preceding evening.
The cars on both roads were kept running
until 1870 A. NJ.
At the strikers headquarters very little
was done throughout the day. The usual
executive meeting was held in the morn
ing, and meeting of the Executive Com
mittee was held in the evening, but at
both only routine business was transacted.
1t is rumored that within the next few
days the strikers intend to make COM
plete change in their present plan OF CAM
paign.